Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Old School

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Daver and I used to surf the web using Lynx, a superfast text-only browser. This was part smugness and part curiosity. We strove to keep our own sites Lynx compatible. This post was created on a ten-year old Windows CE handheld, using the dial-up number my DSL provider maintains. It's been ...

Fewer than 1024

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

This was posted to my Facebook account, in a field that requires 1024 characters or fewer. The accident was May 2: 101 to 880 banking right turn @40 MPH + rain = Achieved 880 and the rear end came around on my left, pointing me right. I noticed two cars on shoulder ...

No One to Blame but Myself

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

him: hey there I didn't see you online after we last spoke nor heard from you on any resume regarding that job opening! me: had a bad day. Abruptly logged out. Dropped a travel mug on ...

Use the Forms, Luke

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

I could always RTFM ("Read the F... Fine Manual"), but no. I, who can program VCRs without reading manuals (gosh dad, that's so 1980s), can obviously figure out how to post a message on my own website without resorting to administrator privileges. Just give me 20 minutes. I can do it. ...